The Diner owner put his touch on local icon

4:50 PM,
Jan. 15, 2014

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Written by

Roger Neumann
| Correspondent

A Horseheads icon is back in business under a new name and with a new owner but with the same old mission: to provide good food at reasonable prices.

The former Sullivan's Diner, now simply called The Diner, opened Dec. 12 after nine months of renovations. Tom Witzel of Horseheads now owns the restaurant, a Silk City Diner built in 1940 by the Paterson (N.J.) Vehicle Co.

"It had been Sullivan's Diner since 1973, and I bought the name along with the business," Witzel said. "But I wanted to put my own mark on the place." ...